Agartala is the capital city of one of our eastern most states of India, Tripura. Even with much smaller vehicle numbers the city is witnessing increase in pollution levels and severe congestion. The city is built for walking and cycling and buses. The city must retain its strength and not let cars take over the space.

Agartala plans to be a CNG run city by 2013 and is also promoting battery operated vehicles. First generation reforms to improve fuel quality and enforce EURO norms have been successfully implemented.

09 Apr 2012

Two monopolies. One private and the other public; one in gas and one in coal. Both equally disastrous for the environment. I speak here of Reliance Industries Ltd and Coal India Ltd.

Indu Bhan

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought reply from Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the petroleum ministry and others on a PNGRB plea seeking permission to issue licences for retailing CNG and piped gas in view of the government notifying regulations that give powers to it.

PNGRB informed the court through senior counsel Harish Salve that the government has notified Section 16 of the P

Sandeep Joshi

NEW DELHI: Neighbouring Ghaziabad city on Thursday got its own gas distribution system set up by Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL), providing compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles and piped natural gas (PNG) for homes.

After CNG, the Indian Railways now wants to tap bio-diesel potential to cut down on its operational cost. The Ministry has decided to set up an integrated bio-diesel plant at Chennai. The plant will have a production capacity of 30 tonnes per day.

New Delhi: As a prelude to costlier petrol and diesel, the oil ministry has allowed IGL and MGL

New Delhi: Indraprastha Gas Ltd on Wednesday hiked CNG prices here by over 25%, following the government

For decades, India has kowtowed to Gulf countries, notably Iran. With large shale gas deposits and new technology to extract it, India can afford to act tough, says Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar.

After a decision was taken by the Union Cabinet to hike CNG price, the Delhi government has decided to appoint a high powered committee to examine its impact on road transport in the city.

Chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said the committee will examine impact of the hike in price of natural gas on CNG-run bus transport and autos in the city and

New Delhi: In a move that may significantly raise your commuting costs, increase cooking gas prices and lead to a marginal hike in power tariff, the Cabinet on Wednesday more than doubled the price of natural gas controlled by the government. As a result, CNG rates in the capital are expected to rise Rs 6 per kg and the price of piped cooking gas by Rs 3.50 per unit in Delhi and Mumbai.

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